National heat wave to spare the NW
By Ben Olson Reader Staff This week, some of the hottest temperatures of the season will hit across the nation with one notable exception: the Northwest. “The big high pressure ridge bringing the hot...
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The Wailers Live at the Hive
By Ben Olson Reader Staff You’d be hard pressed to find anyone on the planet who hasn’t heard a song by The Wailers. Hailing from Kingston, Jamaica, the group was initially made up of...
Utility bills sent to Caldwell?
By Ben Olson Reader Staff We hear from our readers about a wide variety of subjects. It’s always an interesting experience getting to the bottom of an issue, no matter how trivial. One of...
A hometown connection: An interview with Sandpoint’s own Bridges Home
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The Festival at Sandpoint not only gives us access to some of the best musicians from around the world, but also some of the best music to come out...
A simpler time: The 14th Annual Antique and Classic Boat Show in Sandpoint
By Ben Olson Reader Staff There’s just something cool about classic boats. They evoke feelings of a simpler pre-war America, when it was the bee’s knees to hop in your old Chris Craft and...
Patron gives Library $20k donation
By Reader Staff Lynn Hayes, outreach services coordinator for the East Bonner County Library District has been visiting Mary Zindler at The Bridge Assisted Living Community since 1999. Like it is with so many...
It’s a bird, it’s a plane … it’s Ambassadog!
By Ben Olson Reader Staff It’s a fact: Sandpoint has a love affair with dogs. You see it walking the streets daily. You see it in the summer issue of Sandpoint Magazine. You see...
Pickleball: the fast growing sport with a funny name
By Ben Olson Reader Staff If you’ve never heard of pickleball, get ready, it’s coming. The sport has become one of the fastest-growing sports in the nation. With more than 13,000 indoor and outdoor...
A Reader interview with Festival at Sandpoint artist Bruce Hornsby
By Ben Olson Reader Staff The legendary Bruce Hornsby will be kicking off 2016’s Festival at Sandpoint concert series on Thursday, Aug. 4. Recently the Reader was honored to have a short conversation via...
Mobile Gourmet
By Ben Olson Reader Staff Remember when food trucks used to be places where you were afraid to eat? You would find them parked on dark city streets, grease traps overflowing and a perpetual...
